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Being before, or in front. [R.] J. Fleming.

Antecedent; preceding in time. "Capable of antecedaneous proof." Barrow.

To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass. Sir M. Hale.

The act or state of going before in time; precedence. H. Spenser.

The state or condition of being antecedent; priority. Fothherby.

Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.

Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion. Barrow.

One who goes before; a predecessor. The successor seldom prosecuting his antecessor's devices. Sir E. Sandys.

A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part. The mouth, the antechamber to the digestive canal. Todd & Bowman.

The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel. Shipley.

A space inclosed or reserved at the entrance to the choir, for the clergy and choristers.

See Ant.

A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.

A forerunner; a precursor. [Obs.]

Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time.

Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle. -- n.

Something done before another act. [Obs.]

An ornament fixed upon a frieze.

A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself. T. G. Thomas.